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Friday, June 21, 2013

The declaration of you

This blog post is in support of a new book byMichelle WardandJessica Swiftcalled The Declaration of You. The Declaration
of You will be published by North Light Craft Books this summer, with
readers getting all the permission they’ve craved to step passionately
into their lives, discover how they and their gifts are unique and
uncover what they are meant to do! This post is part of The Declaration
of You’s BlogLovin’ Tour, which I’m thrilled to participate in alongside
over 100 other creative bloggers. Learn more — and join us! –by clicking here.

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in·ten·tion -n.

A
course of action that one intends to follow.

-versus
-

goal -n.

The purpose toward which an endeavor is directed, an
objective.

Although
these are synonyms according to the official dictionaries, I like to talk a
little about difference {for me} between these two words.

Goals
I set to achieve tangible things, to get to a certain point, to finish a task
within a certain time-span, things like that.Intentions
are more the thoughts that are created in my mind: things I wish to do, I plan
to do. These thoughts mainly have to do with actions towards others.People
I like to help in some way or who like to surprise or inspire.I
get these intentional thoughts on a daily basis while I am working in my
studio. I don’t decide what they are going to be, they just come to me. I line
them up in my head and try to make sure I act on them when the time is there.And
this is the bit that makes it all a little uneasy for me. See, I do not plan
these intentions to present themselves to me in my thoughts and I have very
limited time outside of work, family and well…more work. So, getting to honour
my intentions sometimes gets a little hard. My head gets very full and
sometimes it overwhelms me. But new intentional thoughts keep coming, every day
again and again.I
think it must mean that I have a bigger heart than I initially thought was
possible.Maybe
it all started after the earthquakes I lived through. It definitely changed my
outlook on life and made compassion and just being nice and good towards
oneself and others more important.I do
not plan for my future, I do dream a lot. This is another word play for me.
Planning is more like setting goals {business} and dreams are more like
intentions {spiritual}

My
intention for this post was to share with you a little painting I made for the
Winter Solstice -since I am posting on the 21st , the shortest day
here in the Southern Hemisphere. And to inspire you with a little extra
information about Matariki (the Maori New Year) which coincides with the
Solstice. You can find a little more about this here http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/matariki-maori-new-year/page-1

My
goal was to get this post up in time and I am glad I managed that , because my
goals don’t always get met. I seem to act more on my intentions.